Rock size-frequency distributions on Mars and implications for Mars Exploration Rover landing safety and operations : Mars exploration rover mission and landing sites

By M. Golombek, A. Haldemann, N. Forsberg‐Taylor, E. Dimaggio, R. Schroeder, B. Jakosky, M. Mellon, J. Matijevic. 2003

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Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physiology

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In Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. Nathaniel E. Putzig
2. M. Mellon
3. B. Hynek
4. M. Hoke
5. Gregory E. Tucker
6. John P. Grotzinger
7. Robin L. Fergason
8. R. Arvidson

In Physiology

1. B. Hynek
2. M. Hoke
3. Gregory E. Tucker
4. M. Mellon
5. Ashwin R. Vasavada

Citations in the corpus

• Selection of the InSight Landing Site (2017, methodology): “The second technique used Poisson statistics to evaluate the probability that a rock of a given diameter or larger would be present in a single random sample of a given area for a given rock abundance, which has been used to evaluate the probability of failure for landing MER, PHX and MSL in observe”
• Flow discharge and sediment transport models for estimating a minimum timescale of hydrological activity and channel and delta formation on Mars (2005, unknown): “01–1 m [Golombek et al., 2003] but, notably, also sand of 0.”
• Formation timescales of large Martian valley networks (2011, methodology): “Converting the compiled rock size data (Wilson et al., 2004) from theViking 1 and2 landers andPathfinder missions (Golombek and Rapp, 1997; Golombek et al., 2003) to a sizefrequency distribution by mass rather than by number and accounting for kinematic sieving, Kleinhans (2005) determined a median…”
• Global thermal inertia and surface properties of Mars from the MGS mapping mission (2005, background): “In contrast, the MPF gion shows a greater range and spatial variability of ther inertia values, in keeping with ground-based observation rock abundance variations(Golombek et al., 2003).”
• Selection of the Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site (2012, methodology): “9.6 Radar Reflectivity and Roughness X-band (3.5 cm) delay-Doppler radar observations, both single-station and interferometric, were used for landing site analysis and selection for the Mars Pathfinder (Haldemann et al. 1997) and the Mars Exploration Rovers (Golombek et al. 2003a).”
• Mars exploration entry, descent and landing challenges (2006, background): “Golombek et al [4-6] have determined rock size distributions as a function of thermal inertia.”